BURIALS IN LEVEN C. SWANN CEMETERY
(with annotations)
(Read by George S. Swann on 7/1/2006) Updated Nov. 26, 2006
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ALGEO HOWARD MARY AUG. 25, 1910 OCT. 7, 1911 MAR. 28, 1999 MAR. 12, 1996 (HOWARD TAFT ALGEO birthdate is wrong on stone. CORRECT birthdate is AUG. 25, 1908) |
OSCAR IRVIN ANSELL BORN JUNE 3, 1884 DIED OCT. 25, 1891 AGED 7Y 4M FS- "O.I.A." |
NAOMI L. ATKINSON JUNE 19, 1925 - JULY 22, 2004 |
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NANNIE BAILEY OCT 12, 1896 - APR 17, 1983 |
RICHARD LEE BAILEY MAR. 3, 1944 - JULY 20, 1964 |
WITCHER BAILEY JUNE 10, 1881 - SEP 12, 1971 |
ELIZA REBECCA BARBOUR 1856 - 1929 (3RD WIFE OF JOHN WESLEY BARBOUR) |
JOHN W. BARBOUR (MILITARY MARKER- NO DATES) Co. I 9th WV INF. (CIVIL WAR) |
BLAIN FRANK N. MAUDE E. 1885 - 1970 1889 - 1971 METAL F.H. MARKER READS "FRANK NELSON BLAIN" |
GEORGIA HINCHMAN BLAIN 1915 - 1953 |
BLANKENSHIP DOUGLAS W. MARGARET L. AUG. 14, 1930 JULY 8, 1933 JULY 20, 1989 --------------- "IN GOD'S CARE" |
JAMES HOLLIS BLANKENSHIP FEB 20, 1959 - JULY 4, 1979 "IN GOD WE TRUST, HE HOLDS OUR HAND, SOMEDAY SOON WE'LL UNDERSTAND" FS- "DADDY" |
MATTHEW IAN BLANKENSHIP JULY 3, 1982 |
BLANKENSHIP STANLEY M. GOLDIE K. SEP. 11, 1904 JUNE 12, 1904 APR. 16, 1993 APR. 1, 1996 "MARRIED AUG. 8, 1922" |
C. S. BROWN DIED 1903 CABELL CO. 1900 CENSUS- "CROCKETT S. BROWN BORN 1865" |
"BABY" DAISY BROWN (NO DATES) |
"BABY" FRED BROWN (NO DATES) |
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"MILITARY MARKER ONLY" LYLE LESLIE DILLEY US ARMY WORLD WAR II NOV. 19, 1919 - NOV. 20, 2000 |
"BABY" DILLON (NO DATES) STONE IS NEXT TO JAMES DILLON. |
"BABY" DILLON (NO DATES) STONE IS NEXT TO JAMES DILLON & OTHER "BABY" MARKER. |
DILLON JAMES E. MEDIE 1871 - 1941 1875 - 1935 FS- "J.E.D." FS- "M.D." |
CHARLOTTE MABEL DENMAN FEB 13, 1887 - MAR. 27, 1969 FS- "BLANK" |
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FERGUSON TERRY A. JOSIE 1884 - 1967 1889 - 19 FS- METAL MARKERS (WALLACE F.H.) "TERRY ARLAND FERGUSON 1884 - 1967" "JOSIE BRYANT FERGUSON 1889 - 1976" |
TIMOTHY FERGUSON NOV. 7, 1960 [A STILLBORN CHILD, WILLIAM TIMOTHY FERGUSON IS BURIED IN THE SAME PLOT AS JAMES & PAULINE PAPAS. HE WAS A SON OF PAULINE & HER 2ND HUSBAND LEON FERGUSON.] |
"GRANDFATHER" ANDREW FURROW D. JULY 1, 1913 (FATHER OF LULA BROWN GOTHARD) (ANDREW FURROW B. MAY 1834 -1900 RALEIGH CO. W.V. CENSUS) |
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NANCY GILKERSON AUG 13, 1827 - DEC 2, 1905 "SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD" FS- "N.G." |
"STEPFATHER" C. W. GOTHARD DIED JAN. 15, 1930 (WRONG DATE) W.V. VITAL RECORDS WEBSITE- "CHARLES WILLIAM GOTHARD B. NOV. 24, 1863 - D. JAN 16, 1929" |
"BABY" GRANT GOTHARD (NO DATES) |
GOTHARD JOHN R. RACHEL A. 1827 - 1913 1829 - 1920 |
JOSEPH L. GOTHARD BORN JAN. 24, 1871 DIED AUG. 4, 1903 "COME YE BLESSED" FS- "J.L.G." |
"MOTHER" LULA GOTHARD D. JAN. 1, 1944 (LULA BELL [FURROW] BROWN GOTHARD W/O CROCKETT BROWN AND CHARLES GOTHARD JAN. 6, 1869 - JAN. 1, 1944) |
MARSHA L. GRIMMET NOV. 3, 1971 |
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CATHERINE PATTERSON HARSHBARGER NOV. 15, 1925 - MAY 24, 1969 |
HINCHMAN CARL DULCIE L. MAR 12, 1906 MAR 8, 1910 NOV. 28, 1993 OCT. 16, 1991 "MARRIED AUG. 25, 1928" |
HERBERT H. HINCHMAN 1890 - 1939 (HENRY HERBERT HINCHMAN SEP. 10, 1890 - JULY 27, 1939) |
JOHN W. HINCHMAN 1869 - 1937 (JOHN WILLIAM HINCHMAN SEP. 26, 1869 - FEB. 10, 1937) |
"MOTHER" MARGARET E. HINCHMAN 1849 - 1893 Cabell Co. death records gives her birthdate as Apr. 7, 1850 & death date as Jan. 14, 1893. Her husband Wesley records her death date as Feb. 11, 1893 in his diary. |
MINNIE B. HINCHMAN 1871 - 1877 (MINNIE BLANCHE HINCHMAN OCT. 8, 1871 - NOV. 3, 1877) |
ORA HINCHMAN 1874 - 1903 (1ST WIFE OF JOHN W. HINCHMAN) (ORA [HENSLEY] HINCHMAN OCT. 1874 - 1903) |
ROBERT HINCHMAN 1881 - 1937 (ROBERT HINCHMAN, SR. MAR. 22, 1881 - FEB 15, 1937) |
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT HINCHMAN JR. JULY 26, 1921 - SEP. 1, 1996 FOUNDER: PANA PHILLIPINE ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ADVERTISERS ENDOWMENT FOR DRAMATIC ARTS MARSHALL UNIVERSITY W.VA. SOCIETY OF NEW YORK HINCHMAN HERITAGE SOCIETY (HIS BODY WAS CREMATED & A STONE WAS PLACED IN THE "HINCHMAN" ROW) |
HINCHMAN ROBERT L. "BOB" MOLLIE H. AUG 17, 1939 SEP 25, 1941 SEP. 23, 1992 ---------------- "IN GOD'S CARE" |
HINCHMAN STEPHEN L. GUADALUPE 1946 - 1978 1940 - ----- "MARRIED OCT. 17, 1969" MILITARY MARKER- "STEPHEN LEWIS HINCHMAN SGT. US AIR FORCE 1946 - 1978" |
HINCHMAN "DADDY" "MOM" W. JACK BONNIE J. AUG. 31, 1936 AUG. 7, 1941 AUG. 18, 2003 ------------------- MILITARY MARKER- "WALTER JACK HINCHMAN MSGT. US AIR FORCE VIETNAM AUG. 31, 1936 - AUG. 18, 2003" |
"FATHER" WESLEY HINCHMAN 1945 - 1936 (WESLEY ALFRED HINCHMAN MAY 29, 1845 - NOV. 23, 1936) |
HINCHMAN WILLIAM N. B. JEAN 1932 - 1998 1928 - ----- MILITARY MARKER- "WILLIAM NAYLAND HINCHMAN PFC US ARMY KOREA OCT. 2, 1932 - FEB 2, 1998" |
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"TWIN" CHRISTOPHER BRANDON JINDRA APRIL 22, 1980 |
"IN MEMORY OF" ANNA V. JOHNSON SEP. 19, 1898 - OCT. 24, 1946 FS- "MOTHER" (ANNA VIOLET [SWANN] JOHNSON- D/O JOHN T. SWANN, SR. & WIFE OF GUY JOHNSON) |
"IN MEMORY OF" GUY JOHNSON JAN. 24, 1899 - FEB. 23, 1979 FS- "DADDY" |
"HAVE FAITH IN GOD" ROGER C. JOHNSON SEP. 11, 1927 - MAR. 29, 1985 "A FRIEND TO ALL" MILITARY MARKER- "ROGER CARROLL JOHNSON US ARMY WWII SEP. 11, 1927 - MAR. 29, 1985" |
JOHNSON RONALD G. DELORIS M. JUNE 2, 1937 - ---------- JUNE 25, 1938 - ------------- "MARRIED NOV. 23, 1960" |
"IN MEMORY OF" RUBY JOHNSON JULY 6, 1899 - DEC. 25, 1987 FS- "STEPMOTHER" |
MERTYL JONES 1911 - 1982 |
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BEVERLY JOAN LEGGE 1918 - 1993 "I'M FREER NOW THAN I'VE EVER BEEN" |
AUDREY FITZGERALD LUSHER 1899 - 1986 |
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MILITARY MARKER- "JOHN MORRISON 22 US INFANTRY WAR OF 1812 OCT. 25, 1785 - NOV. 21, 1867" (JOHN TYLER MORRISON) |
NANCY ANN WIFE OF JOHN MORRISON DIED OCT. 2, 1851 AGED 68 YEARS FS- "N.A.M." (NANCY ANN THOMPSON W/O JOHN TYLER MORRISON) |
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NEWMAN PEARL S. GERTIE H. 1879 - 1931 1894 - 1984 MILITARY MARKER- "PEARL S. NEWMAN CO. C 2 WV INF. SPANISH AM. WAR [NO DATES]" |
OLLIE NICHOLS 1885 - 1902 FS- "O.N." |
INA F. NIX 1909 - 1996 |
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PAPAS JAMES Q. PAULINE M. 1915 - 1958 1921 - -------- "THE HOURS PART US BUT THEYBRING US TOGETHER AGAIN" FS- "JIM" |
PATTERSON CHARLES A. ANNIE V. SEP. 10, 1897 APR. 20, 1895 FEB. 13, 1976 JUN. 25, 1967 |
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(METAL MARKER ONLY) DARLENA ROSS 1951 - 1997 "WALLACE FUNERAL HOME" |
(METAL MARKER ONLY) DAVID LEE ROSS 1945 - 2002 "WALLACE FUNERAL HOME" |
ROSS LEAR VELVA E. JUN. 2, 1918 FEB. 3, 1924 FEB. 10, 1997 NOV. 9, 1994 "THINE IS THE KINGDOM, POWER, AND THE GLORY" |
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SCAGGS JAMES F. RUTH MAY NOV. 2, 1919 JULY 20, 1920 AUG. 8, 2000 ----------------- "REST IN PEACE" (RUTH'S MAIDEN NAME IS "MAY") |
MARGARET E. SCOTT APR. 28, 1885 - JUN. 28, 1973 (MAIDEN NAME WAS TOPPENS. SHE WAS 1ST MARRIED TO WILLIAM PITT STATEN [BUR. IN PEYTON CEM. AT TOM'S CREEK] 2ND MARRIAGE WAS TO A MR. SCOTT) |
SHEPPARD RAYMOND OLIVER DOROTHY SHOMAKER 1906 - ----- 1908 - 1962 MILITARY MARKER- "RAYMOND O. SHEPPARD US ARMY WWII APR. 8, 1906 - JAN. 19, 1991" |
F. BASIL SHOMAKER BORN AUG. 6, 1896 DIED NOV. 7, 1900 |
SHOMAKER RAYMOND HALSIE 1902 - 1960 1907 - 1972 |
INF. DAU. OF RAYMOND & HALSIE SHOMAKER 1937 |
INF. SON OF RAYMOND & HALSIE SHOMAKER 1939 |
WM. A. SHOMAKER 1873 - 1935 MARY HIS WIFE 1876 - 1949 |
"BROTHER & SISTER" "BROTHER" ROBERT MORRIS STATEN FEB. 25, 1907 - DEC. 6, 1980 "MOTHER" EVELYN F. KEYSER JULY 6, 1913 - MAY 4, 1989 (CHILDREN OF WM. & MARGARET [TOPPENS] STATEN) |
SULLIVAN RICHARD JEWELL MAR. 29, 1920 JUNE 11, 1923 AUG. 26, 2002 ----------------- "MARRIED FEB. 26, 1942" "HOME WITH JESUS" MILITARY MARKER- "RICHARD SULLIVAN PFC US ARMY WWII MAR. 29, 1920 - AUG. 26, 2002" |
RICHARD DENNIS SULLIVAN OCT. 3, 1943 - FEB. 23, 1999 "HOME WITH JESUS" |
ALMA E. SWANN 1904 (STILLBORN DAU. OF JOHN T. SWANN, SR. CABELL CO. DEATH RECORDS GIVE DATE AS MAR. 30, 1905) |
AMBROSE D. SON OF CALVARY & EMILY SWANN DIED NOV. 23, 1856 AGED 14 YRS. 28 DAYS (HE WAS BORN OCT. 26, 1842) |
ANNA A. SWANN 1865 - 1917 (ANNA AUGUSTA [WATTERS] SWANN WIFE OF JOHN T. SWANN, SR. BORN AUG. 26, 1865 DIED MAR. 4, 1917) |
ARNO O. SON OF R.A. & M.I. SWANN 1914 - 1917 (ARNOLD ODELL SWANN SON OF ROBERT AMBROSE SWANN & MARY INEZ 'MAYME' HATFIELD. BORN JAN. 4, 1914 DIED JAN. 24, 1917- SCALDED TO DEATH WHEN HE FELL INTO A TUB OF WASH WATER THE SAME DAY HIS TWIN BRO. & SIS. WERE BORN [FRED & FREDA].) |
BASIL G. SWANN 1892 - 1895 (BORN DEC. 7, 1892 DIED AUG. 26, 1895 S/O J. T. SWANN, SR.) |
SWANN BEN F. NORMA J. 1922 - 1986 1941 - ------ MILITARY MARKER- "BENJAMIN F. SWANN US ARMY AIR CORPS WWII JULY 9, 1922 - APR. 29, 1986" |
BEVERLY SWANN DIED JUN. 6, 1877 AGED 38 YS. 4 MS. 24 DS. (MASONIC EMBLEM AT TOP OF STONE) (BEVERLY R. SWANN S/O JOSIAH & RACHEL [MORRISON] SWANN FEB. 10, 1839 - JUN. 6, 1877 1ST HUSBAND OF EMILY C. HATFIELD) |
CALVARY M. SWANN MAY 15, 1820 - DEC. 27, 1870 EMILY J. MORRISON HIS WIFE APR. 26, 1819 - NOV. 12, 1883 FS- "FATHER" "MOTHER" (CALVARY MORRIS SWANN WAS SON JOSIAH SWANN & HIS 1ST WIFE EDITH MAAB. CALVARY'S WIFE EMILY JACKSON MORRISON WAS A SISTER TO JOSIAH'S 2ND WIFE RACHEL.) |
CHARLES L. SWANN 1888 - 1919 (BORN JAN. 13, 1888 DIED AUG. 19, 1919 S/O J. T. SWANN, SR.) |
SWANN DANIEL W. 1856 - 1946 EMILY C. HIS WIFE 1849 - 1933 (DANIEL WEBSTER SWANN OCT. 12, 1856 - JULY 20, 1946 S/O CALVARY & EMILY SWANN. 2ND HUSBAND OF EMILY CYNTHIA HATFIELD OCT. 27, 1849 - APR. 26, 1933) |
EFFIE MAY DAU. OF B. R. & E. C. SWANN BORN DEC. 13, 1875 DIED AUG. 24, 1882 "A LITTLE FLOWER OF LOVE THAT BLOSSOMED BUT TO DIE, TRANSPLANTED NOW ABOVE TO BLOOM WITH GOD ON HIGH." |
ELIZABETH WIFE OF LEVEN C. SWANN DIED DEC. 16, 1839 AGED 73 YEARS (ELIZABETH JENKINS OF AMHERST CO. VA.) |
HUBERT CARROLL SON OF H. C. & MAUDE SWANN BORN AUG. 30, 1918 DIED JAN. 14, 1919 "ASLEEP IN JESUS" |
INF. DAU. OF B. F. & L. J. SWANN DIED MCH. 7, 1871 AGED 12 DAYS (D/O BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SWANN & LOUISA JANE HATFIELD B. FEB. 25, 1871 D. MAR. 7, 1871) |
INFANT DAU. OF D. W. & E. C. SWANN MAY 24, 1880 (LEONA SWANN D/O DANIEL W. & EMILY C. SWANN- STILLBORN TWIN TO LILLIAN JACKSON SWANN) |
INFANT SON OF B. F. & L. J. SWANN BORN FEB. 10, 1861 AGED 8 DAYS (JOSIAH G. SWANN BORN FEB. 10, 1861 DIED FEB. 18, 1861) |
I-- SWANN |
J. T. SWANN 1858 - APR. 18, 1929 |
JOHN T. SWANN, JR. 1895 - 1916 (JOHN TYLER SWANN, JR. BORN OCT. 10, 1895 DIED MAY 31, 1916) |
JOHN TYLER SWANN SR. 1851 - 1927 (S/O CALVARY & EMILY SWANN. B. AUG. 11, 1851 D. AUG. 30, 1926 WAYNE CO. W.V. OBIT ALSO IN HERALD DISPATCH 1926) |
JOSIAH SWANN DIED JULY 16, 1871 AGED 75 YS. 9 MS. 11 DS. (JOSIAH SWANN WAS SON OF LEVEN C. & ELIZABETH [JENKINS] SWANN.) |
MILITARY MARKER- "JOSIAH SWANN PVT. CO. E 8VA CAV. CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY JUNE 7, 1841 - SEP. 11, 1865" (JOSIAH WAS SON OF CALVARY & EMILY SWANN) |
LEVEN C. SWANN DIED JAN 10, 1842 AGED 77 YEARS (LEVEN C. SWANN H/O ELIZABETH JENKINS AND FATHER OF JOSIAH, BENJAMIN, THOMAS, HEZEKIAH, ELIZABETH [THARP], AND JANE [HATFIELD].) |
MARY M. DAU. OF B. F. & L. J. SWANN BORN MAY 10, 1865 DIED AUG. 4, 1868 "SLEEP ON SWEET BABE AND TAKE THY REST. GOD TOOK THEE HOME HE THOUGHT IT BEST." (MARY MINNA SWANN D/O BENJAMIN F. & LOUISA [HATFIELD] SWANN) |
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SWANN RICHARD A. REBA J. JAN. 14, 1949 SEP. 8, 1953 DEC. 23, 1999 -------------- "MARRIED SEP. 26, 1969" |
"LEAD KINDLY LIGHT" "JR. O.U.A.M." (ALSO MASONIC EMBLEM) WILLIAM C. SWANN BORN DEC. 3, 1874 DIED NOV. 1, 1897 AGED 22 YRS. 10 MS. 28 DS. (WILLIAM CULLEN SWANN S/O BEVERLY R. & EMILY [HATFIELD] SWANN) |
SWANN WOODROW PAULINE 1923 - 1962 1924 - 1995 (WOODROW LEON SWANN S/O HENRY C. & MAUDE [HASH] SWANN B. OCT. 30, 1923 D. NOV. 19, 1962) (OPAL PAULINE DAILEY JULY 27, 1924 - APR. 30, 1995) |
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INFANTS WATTERS (NO DATES) (THIS MAY BE INFANT BRO. OR SIS. TO ANNA [WATTERS] SWANN) |
WEESE LESLIE J. ERSEL MARIE 1905 - 1980 1913 - 1974 FS- "FATHER" "MOTHER" |
THERE ARE AT LEAST 32 NOTICABLE SPOTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE BURIED (SUNKEN SPOT OR ROCK MARKED). PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT. HERE ARE 16 UNMARKED & ROCK MARKED BURIALS RESEARCHED FROM CABELL CO. DEATH RECORDS, HERALD DISPATCH OBITS, F. B. LAMBERT COLLECTION AT MARSHALL UNIV., AND STATEMENTS OF RELATIVES. |
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INF. SON OF HOWARD & MARY (WROTEN) ALGEO FEB. 19, 1941 - MAR. 4, 1941 |
INF. SON OF HOWARD & MARY (WROTEN) ALGEO AUG. 18, 1942 - SEP. 21, 1942 |
MARY ALGEO JAN. 24, 1936 - JAN. 25, 1936 |
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GEORGE DEAN 1830 - 1904 CABELL CO. DEATH RECORDS STATE "BURIED AT NIGGER HILL." |
CATHERINE DEAN (WIFE OF GEORGE) D. Bef. 1900 (NOT IN 1900 CABELL CO. CENSUS) SHE WOULD MOST LIKELY BE BURIED BY HER HUSBAND. |
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INFANT MORGAN (GRANDCHILD OF WINNIE [SWANN] MORGAN HENSLEY) (NO DATES) |
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"MRS. PATTERSON" (NO DATES) "I WAS TOLD SHE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAD NO FAMILY" -JEWELL [JOHNSON] SULLIVAN. |
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MARY ANN (SWANN) ROGERS OCT. 1846 - DEC. 25, 1903 (D/O CALVARY & EMILY [MORRISON] SWANN) |
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GARNETT MAE (GALLESPIE) SWANN [WIFE OF CHARLES L. SWANN] BORN OCT. 1893 DIED ABT. 1920? ACCORDING TO A NEICE OF CHARLES- SHE DIED ABOUT A YEAR AFTER HE DID (1919) AND IS BURIED IN THE ROCK MARKED GRAVE TO THE RIGHT OF ANNA SWANN (CHARLES' MOTHER). |
INFANT SON OF JOSIAH & RACHEL (MORRISON) SWANN (NO DATES) (WAS A TWIN TO ONE OF THEIR OTHER CHILDREN ACCORDING TO DANIEL W. SWANN) |
EDITH (MAAB) SWANN [1ST WIFE OF JOSIAH SWANN] (ca1795 - ca1829) |
INFANT DAU. OF THOMAS J. & BETTY (ANDERSON) SWANN DEC. 8, 1872 - DEC. 9, 1872 |
EDDIE SWANN OCT. 4, 1901 - FEB. 18, 1904 S/O EDGAR & LIZZIE (HINCHMAN) SWANN CABELL CO. DEATH RECORDS STATE "BURIED AT NIGGER HILL." |
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WILLIE SWANN WOODYARD APR. 29, 1894 - JAN. 10, 1897 S/O WM. WOODYARD & NETTIE SWANN (NETTIE WOODYARD WAS D/O BENJAMIN F. & LOUISA [HATFIELD] SWANN) |
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ODA YATES D. ca1946 (HE WAS A BOARDER AT THE HOME OF DANIEL W. SWANN AND DIED AROUND THE SAME TIME AS MR. SWANN.) |
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THERE IS ALSO A ROCK BY ITSELF NEAR THE BACK FENCE OF THE CEMETERY. IT IS SUPPOSEDLY THE GRAVE OF AN UNKNOWN BLACK MAN WHO WAS HUNG, BEFORE 1900, AT OUSLEY'S GAP. |
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